人類是有理性的生物，生活在一個有秩序的宇宙中。從觀察所得，世間萬事萬物，必有先後次序，有因有果。中國人以「物有本末，事有終始」（大學 1），來總結出這人類的大智慧。倘若生活是莫名其妙，不明不白；這一刻你是我的丈夫，下一刻我是你的父親，再下一刻你我是陌路人的話，這樣的生活必定會令人精神崩潰！
從來要否定一個命題，較支持一個命題容易。所以就「復活」的命題，撒杜塞人與法利塞人交手，應該佔盡了上風。今次耶穌幫助了法利塞人勝回一仗，所以有幾個經師應聲稱讚耶穌（路20:39），因為耶穌解答了他們很久也未能解答的難題。
耶穌不但為法利塞人勝回一仗，天主子更再次肯定了宇宙是有秩序的！
倘若真的沒有復活，有些行為變成沒有後果了！因為某些行為的後果是即時的，例如，我忽然把一碗熱湯潑在你的面上！但有些行動的後果，卻需要很長的時間，總會彰顯出來，例如，把塑膠廢物傾倒在海裡！沒有復活，就沒有足夠時間讓某些行為的後果彰顯出來。有因卻沒有果，因果定律失效。因果定律不成立，人類沒有倫理道德的可能，因為一旦後果不能溯源，人類便不須要為自己的行為負責任，很多人便可以不顧後果，為所欲為，逍遙法外！到時人人自危，朝不保夕，這真是一個令人精神崩潰的世界！
主，叫我看見（18：41）。求祢使那些心盲的人，也能看見。亞孟！
生命恩泉
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Is Action Without Consequences Possible? (Luke 20:27-40)
Human beings are rational animals living in an ordered universe. From observations, we conclude that events happen in sequence and there are causes. The Chinese aphorism "Things have roots and shoots. Events have beginnings and ends" (Daxue 1) is a distillation of great human wisdom. Had life been arbitrary and absurd: this moment you're my husband, the next I'm your father and the next we are total strangers, such a life would have had all of us suffering nervous breakdowns!
It has always been easier to negate a statement than to affirm it. Thus, in the debate of the existence of resurrection, the Sadducees must have won the upper hand many times over the Pharisees. Now that Jesus helped them defeat the Sadducees, some scribes came to say thanks (Luke 20:39) because Jesus had answered a tough challenge unsolved for a long time.
Not only did Jesus win a battle for the Pharisees, but the Son of God has also affirmed once more that the universe is ordered!
Why were the Sadducees so stupid? What were they? From their reasoning, the Sadducees were not stupid but blind in hearts! Sadducees were made up of priests who insisted on their privileges and abused their authority to fatten themselves. Thus, they denied the truth! From their logic, they acknowledged consequences. But did they know the gravity of denying resurrection? Perhaps their hearts were genuinely blind and failed to see the seriousness. I could not think of any other reasons.
Had there been no resurrection, some actions would have had no consequences! It is because some consequences are instant. E.g. Suddenly, I pour some hot soup on your face! But the consequences of some actions take a long time to manifest. E.g. I dump plastic wastes into the oceans! Had there been no resurrections, there would not have been enough time to allow the consequences of some actions to manifest. When actions have no consequences, the Universal Law of Cause and Effect fails. If the law of cause-effect fails, no morality is possible because consequences cannot be traced back to action and nobody can be held responsible. People would do whatever they fancy and no law can restrain them! Nobody is secure. What a nervous breakdown hell we would be living in!
Lord! Please let me see (18:41). Pray that those who are blind in hearts also see. Amen!
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